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COUNTIES
(55 ILCS 5/) Counties Code.

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-18

 
    (55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-18 heading)
Division 5-18. Judicial Advisory Council

55 ILCS 5/5-18001

    (55 ILCS 5/5-18001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18001)
    Sec. 5-18001. Appointment of Judicial Advisory Council. In any county of this State containing more than five hundred thousand inhabitants, it shall be lawful for the County Board to provide by resolution for the creation of a body, to be known as the Judicial Advisory Council of the County of ...., with the powers and duties hereinafter mentioned. Such body shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the County Board. All shall be persons learned in the law, and two at least of their number shall be members of the judiciary. The persons thus appointed shall hold office for four years and until their respective successors have been duly appointed and qualified. They shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all expenses incurred in carrying out the duties defined by this Division.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-18002

    (55 ILCS 5/5-18002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18002)
    Sec. 5-18002. Duties of Council. It shall be the duty of the Council, by continuous study of the problems involved, to devise means to effect the improvement of the administration of justice in and with relation to the county, and to formulate all proper suggestions and recommendations concerning legislation and other measures designed to bring about such improvement. Within the scope of its study shall be the laws of this State relating to judicial organization, criminal law, criminal procedure and civil procedure; all matters relating to the apprehension and prosecution of persons charged with criminal offenses and the penal treatment of persons convicted of such offenses; the functioning of the courts of the county, both internally and in relation to all other public agencies of the State and county whose work connects with that of such courts; the rules of such courts; and the administrative methods employed therein. The suggestions and recommendations resulting from such study shall from time to time be reported in writing to the County Board and, so far as they relate to legislation, shall also be laid before the Judicial Advisory Council of the State of Illinois. The Council shall further co-operate with the Judicial Advisory Council of the State of Illinois in such manner as is or may be prescribed by law in relation to that body.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-18003

    (55 ILCS 5/5-18003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18003)
    Sec. 5-18003. Powers of Council. The Council is empowered to prepare and cause to be printed any and all drafts of bills intended to carry out its recommendations, as well as any and all reports, memoranda or other papers necessary or incident to the performance of its tasks. Its members, with a view to obtaining information and suggestions which will aid in the attainment of its objects, are authorized to visit and observe the courts of other jurisdictions and to attend meetings of professional bodies and of associations and groups engaged in study or research or other work contributing to the modernization of law or procedure or otherwise looking to better standards of civil or criminal justice.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-18004

    (55 ILCS 5/5-18004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18004)
    Sec. 5-18004. Office quarters. The county board shall provide and maintain office quarters for the use of the Council in the transaction of its business. The number and compensation of the clerical, expert and other assistance to be engaged by the Council and the amount of expenses to be incurred by the Council shall annually be fixed by the county board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-18005

    (55 ILCS 5/5-18005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18005)
    Sec. 5-18005. Expenses. The County Board shall appropriate from the county treasury, from year to year, such sums as it may deem necessary and reasonable to defray the expenses of the Council in the performance of its duties.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-19

 
    (55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-19 heading)
Division 5-19. Safety Council

55 ILCS 5/5-19001

    (55 ILCS 5/5-19001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19001)
    Sec. 5-19001. Creation of safety council. The county board of any county may, by resolution, provide for the creation of a safety council for the county to consist of such number of members to serve for such terms as may be provided in such resolution or any amendment thereof. The council may be authorized to appoint and fix the salary of a safety director and such other employees as the county board designates. The members of the safety council shall receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for any necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-19002

    (55 ILCS 5/5-19002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19002)
    Sec. 5-19002. Powers and duties of council. The safety council shall conduct safety programs and safety educational campaigns to promote the protection and conservation of life and property and the prevention of accidents in the county. The council may cooperate with State agencies, other political subdivisions, municipal corporations and private organizations in the conduct of such programs and campaigns.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-19003

    (55 ILCS 5/5-19003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19003)
    Sec. 5-19003. Appropriations. The county board may appropriate from the county treasury such sums as it may deem necessary to defray the expenses of the safety council in the performance of its duties.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-20

 
    (55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-20 heading)
Division 5-20. Board of Health

55 ILCS 5/5-20001

    (55 ILCS 5/5-20001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20001)
    Sec. 5-20001. Powers and duties of board of health. The board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the supervisor, assessor and town clerk of every town in counties under township organization, shall constitute a board of health, and on the breaking out of any dangerously communicable diseases in their county or town, or in the immediate vicinity thereof, it may make and enforce such rules and regulations tending to check the spread of the disease within the limits of the county or town as may be necessary; and for this purpose the board may quarantine any house or houses or place where any infected person may be, and cause notices of warning to be put thereon, and require the disinfection of the house or place: Provided, that nothing in this Division shall apply to any territory lying within the corporate limits of any city or village: Provided, further, that in case the board of health in any county not under township organization, or of any township in counties under township organization fails, refuses or neglects to promptly take the necessary measures to preserve the public health, or in case any such board of health refuses or neglects to carry out the rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health, that thereupon the Department of Public Health may discharge such duties and collect from the county or township, as the case may be, the reasonable costs, charges and expenses incurred thereby.
    No board of health constituted under this Division shall function in any county during the period that Division 5-25 is in force in that county.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-20002

    (55 ILCS 5/5-20002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20002)
    Sec. 5-20002. Additional powers. The boards of health shall have the following powers:
    First--To do all acts, make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease.
    Second--To appoint physicians as health officers and prescribe their duties.
    Third--To incur the expenses necessary for the performance of the duties and powers enjoined upon the board.
    Fourth--To provide gratuitous vaccination and disinfection.
    Fifth--To require reports of dangerously communicable diseases.
    No board of health constituted under this Division shall function in any county during the period that Division 5-25 is in force in that county.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-20003

    (55 ILCS 5/5-20003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20003)
    Sec. 5-20003. Violations. Any person who shall violate or refuse to obey, any rule or regulation of the said board of health, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
    All fines collected under the provisions of this Division shall be paid into the county treasury of the county in which the suit is brought, to be used for county purposes, and it shall be the duty of the State's Attorney in the respective counties to prosecute all persons violating, or refusing to obey, the rules of said local boards of health.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)